The Zenica prison (''Kazneno-popravni zavod zatvorenog tipa Zenica'', ''KPZ Zenica'', ''K.P. DOM'', ''Zenička kaznionica'') is a closed-type

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Zenica Zenica ( ; ; ) is a city in Bosnia and Herzegovina and an administrative and economic center of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina's Zenica-Doboj Canton. It is located in the Bosna river valley, about north of Sarajevo. The city is k ...

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. It was opened in 1886. It was the largest prison in Yugoslavia during its existence, and is currently the largest prison in Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2016, the prison had a capacity of 813 inmates.

Inmates

Austria-Hungary (1886–1918)

Ivo Andrić Ivo Andrić ( sr-Cyrl, Иво Андрић, ; born Ivan Andrić; 9 October 1892 – 13 March 1975) was a Yugoslav novelist, poet and short story writer who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1961. His writings dealt mainly with life in ...

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Gavrilo Princip Gavrilo Princip ( sr-Cyrl, Гаврило Принцип, ; 25 July 189428 April 1918) was a Bosnian Serb student who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914. Pr ...

Nedeljko Čabrinović Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, were assassinated on 28 June 1914 by Bosnian Serb student Gavrilo Princip. They were shot at close range while ...

Muhamed Mehmedbašić Muhamed Mehmedbašić (1887 – 29 May 1943) was a Bosnian revolutionary and conspirator in the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Early life Mehmedbašić was born in 1887 into a Bosniak family in Stolac, in the region of Herzegovina (a ...

, Vaso Čubrilović – collaborators in the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria

SFR Yugoslavia (1945–1992)

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Varnava Nastić Saint Varnava the New Confessor ( sr, Свети Варнава Нови Исповедник; 31 January 1914 – 12 November 1964) was the titular bishop of Hvosno and a saint of the Serbian Orthodox Church. His feast is October 30 on Julian C ...

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Vojislav Šešelj Vojislav Šešelj ( sr-Cyrl, Војислав Шешељ, ; born 11 October 1954) is a Serbian politician, founder and president of the far-right Serbian Radical Party (SRS); he was convicted of war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal ...

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Alija Izetbegović Alija Izetbegović (; ; 8 August 1925 – 19 October 2003) was a Bosnian politician, lawyer, Islamic philosopher and author, who in 1992 became the first president of the Presidency of the newly independent Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovin ...

– Bosnian politician

Yugoslav wars and today

* Jackie Arklöv – a Swedish neo-Nazi mercenary who fought for the

Croatian Defence Council The Croatian Defence Council ( hr, Hrvatsko vijeće obrane or HVO) was the official military formation of the Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia, an unrecognized entity that existed in Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1991 and 1996. The HVO wa ...

; spent one year of eight-year sentence for war crimes at the Zenica prison before being released to Sweden * Jerko Ivanković Lijanović – Bosnian politician and businessman sentenced to seven years for abuse of office (asof-since )

In popular culture

* KPD Zenica prison is mentioned in a song "Zenica blues" by Bosnian band

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. * KPD Zenica prison is mentioned in a song "K.P. Dom" by Bosnian Band Dubioza Kolektiv. * KPD Zenica prison is mentioned in a song "Zenica" by Bosnian singer

DJ Krmak Goran Žižak (; born 30 August 1968), better known as DJ Krmak (), is a Bosnian turbo-folk musician. Biography Žižak began making music in childhood, when he started performing at the nearby motels. Upon completing his military service, he c ...

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* KPD Zenica prison is mentioned in a song "KPD Zenica" by Bosnian root music group Raspjevane Meraklije

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* {{Coord, 44.193647, N, 17.913352, E, source:wikidata-and-enwiki-cat-tree_region:BA, display=title Prisons in Bosnia and Herzegovina 1886 establishments in Austria-Hungary